Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John W. Porter collection documents Porter's tenure as University President from 1979 until 1989. The collection is organized as it was given to University Archives and is organized loosely by topic, containing fifteen identifiable series and one identifiable subseries. Identificable series include Budget, Searches, Tuition, Colleges, Board of Regents, Exectuive Council, Recommendation Letters, Financials, and multiple Correspondence series. Additional...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John W. Porter collection documents Porter's tenure as University President from 1979 until 1989. The collection is organized as it was given to University Archives and is organized loosely by topic, containing fifteen identifiable series and one identifiable subseries. Identificable series include Budget, Searches, Tuition, Colleges, Board of Regents, Exectuive Council, Recommendation Letters, Financials, and multiple Correspondence series. Additional...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phi Alpha Theta Society and the Student History Organization collection contains information on the organizations, membership, news clippings, the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, a Walking Tour of Detroit, chapter resolutions and bylaws, correspondence, event flyers and meeting minutes and agendas. The collection is divided into two boxes, each box arranged alphabetically. The organization information, membership, and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Reels and Cassettes series contains the actual physical tape reels and cassettes. Each reel/cassette is housed in its original reel/cassette case with Westerman's handwritten table of contents on the back. Seeing the wide array of subjects included on each reel illustrates the need for the index card and photocopy system. There are occasional gaps in the reel collection, due to a number of missing reels. Likewise, there is one cassette missing from the cassette collection. The cassettes...